A woman walking her service dog was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday morning, according to the Seattle Police Department .

The incident occurred just before 2 a.m. near 11th Ave. and E. Fir Street. According to police, a man approached the woman from behind, pushed her down, and put a gun to her head, demanding she empty her pockets.

The woman complied and gave the suspect $50 in cash. After that, the man ran away and has not been caught as of Tuesday afternoon.

“We consider this a very heinous and very disturbing armed robbery,” Seattle Police Detective Eric Muñoz told KIRO Newsradio. “The fact of the matter is this is one of our community members with a service dog that was doing nothing more than enjoying her time in the city, so this absolutely should not have happened.”

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